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4` JULIUsl BERBECKEB, oF- WATERBURY', CONNECTICUT.

'cuRTA sPEcIFIoATIonfofmrng Partnr' Lectersratent 19.629,1187, 'aetedouiy 51s, ieee;y n Apolieation iled October 31,1898n Serial No. 694,995. (No model.)V v l l To @ZZ whom 'it may concern; l n

s Be it known that I, JULIUSBERBECKER, a i citizen ofthe United States,residing atWaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State 5 of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Curtain-Rods, of which the following y is a'speciioation, Y Y l y f f A Y `In the 'manufacture of Veurtain-rods a metal tube has in some instances been made use of, zo slotted on one side'forthe reception of the head'of the curtain. solid head has beenins'erted' into theend of a tubular'rod .that has been made either-of sheetmetal brazed at the edges that come i 5 together or of a completetube', and in sc ine cases a cap has been i'ntrod ucedover the end .of the'sheet-metal tube. L v y 'InV thejopresent.improvement I employe sheet-metal'tube, the edges of kthe metal comeV zo ing together vWithou,tibeingrfastened, so that l "the tube itself can'formf a .sp1-ing, and the'A shank of the ornamental Sheet-metal endiand of the sheet-metal tube are inserted one into the other,l so as'to be heldjbythesnring of kz5 the sheet met'ahfand the hook ythat supports the rod is made `with a projection that springs'V y the metal tube sutciently for holdingl the- 1 `so that the nibs 6 springthe curtain-rod par-V tube upon the hoolqbut allowing forgthfe re.-v movalvof the curtainfrod, and to additionally 7 3,0 strengthenothe' hold between'themetal tube and the sheet-inet'al',end` suchv sheetlmetal end may be'prolonged- 'as lashank sufficientlyy f .for the Vhook Ito pass through Va holeorjholes rod withl the ornamental-end upon the saine.'`

" -Fig2'is"a veros.ss-section,"'i' Fig.; fshows the baokof the -she'etfm'etal ornamental en d and a detachedyiewrepresenting the heokupon .y which thecurt-aini-rd is receivedgandFigsshows the vunder .side of' l the tubularA rod fat' one end.

In other instances the an eletation of` f. The curtamfrodAfisinade of sheet noetal'y of the ornamentalsheet-metal end B may be end ,isa shank, which is shown in the form'of curtain-rod A.' Suchl shank or tubularsegshank is held in the' tnbularcurtain-rod, the

atl 4 in the curtainerod A throughwhich the mark that there may bek twolholes 3 in the tubular segmentalend for thepart 5 ofthe hook C toV pass through, as represented. Y

small projections or n'ilisl 6, that are lin such a.

Cfisl pressed throughV the holes ein. the curthrongh,-itbeing understood that one ofthe tially open at 'the'.joint to, allonfthe nibs to ,springing,'suitlcientlyfto'lallow `Iiilo'ls* 6 to fpaSS .by-f .Y

.past the "end of vthe curtainerodLA, 'I slotjsuch line'offthe separation betweenfthe edges of tions 8 upon the ornamental'end Bean pass 'ornamental end turning, but, determine its rodvand 'alsoincrease the friction by which yVariedas desired, and upon. the ornamentalV a tubular ysegment 2, to plassin'to thehollow" men t. being open formsa spring by which the Upon the part 5 of the hook C there'are' tain-rodA` theinetal of the curtain-rod isV V,sprung sucientlyto fallow thenibs to pass 'f In'o'der,tumore'rxnlyhold the sheet-.metal- V ornamentaljeurtainwodjeud Band alsotojal- Y l low for the ornament of V thefend extending L 'curtain-redet 7, one of the slots being,inthe` lthe,sheet metal and the otherslot opposite l \to'the`sa`n1 e,'so'that the 4sheet,metal projec- Aroo :intothese'slots'? Vand no@ only prevent the understood that the shape andeonguration 6o partsspringing as the'shank of the ornament is inserted, and in the shank or tubular seg-y Y. mental endf2lis a hole 3 for thegend ofl theVA hook C to passk through, there being also holes vertical part `5 of the hook (ll passes, and I re,

'7o position 'that as the vertical part 5 of the hookl yholes/i passesvfthroughthe sheet netal of vthe tubgular'rod in the. 'line of vthe edges `of the" -sheetlmeta'l Wherethey are brought together, f

Vpassandfthese nibs ,alsor pass .above the'hole 3 in the tubular segmentalendf, AHence the| jeurtain-rcd-isheld yupon the hook withsufcient force to prevent the rod becoming un- Y h'ookedwhile in useylout byl sufoientpresrrv i f fsureupo'n `the endof'the hook or'againstthe Y `curtainrodthe latter 'can' belifted 0E the vvhook,-.thelgmetal of the tubularfcurtai'nrod tgof jposition-uponthe endvof the tubularcurtain- Ithe ornamental end is held to the tubular curtain-rod, and these projections 8 and slots 7 prevent the ornamental end turning in its relation to the tubular rod when the rod is sepa rated from the hooks.

It will be apparent that the segmental tu bular shank of the ornamental sheet-metal end is connected reliably by the spring of the sheet metal, one part slipping into the other, and the cross-pin passing through the sheet meialof both parts forms a reliable and permanent connection to prevent the parts separating regardless of the tightness with which one part slips into the other.

I claim as my invention* l. The combination with the sheet-metal curtain-rod having a hole near its end at the place Where the two edges of the sheet metal come together, of a supportingpin having a projection upon it to slightly spring the sheet metal as the tubular curtain-rod is placed over the pin, so that such rod is removably held to the pin bythe springof the sheet metal, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a vertical supporting-pin, of a tubular curtain-rod and an ornamental end, one slipping into the other, there being coinciding holes through both the tubular curtain-rod and the ornamental end at the bottomand top portions thereof for the passage of the pin, so that such pin holds the ornamental end in position at the ends of the tubular rod, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a supporting-pin, of a tubular curtain-rod and an ornamental end,there being eoincidingholes through both forth.

the tubular curtain-rod and the ornamental end for the passage of the pin, so that such pin holds the ornamental end in position at the end of the tubular rod, there being a projection upon the supporting-pin that slightly springs the metal so as to removably hold the curtain-rod and the end upon the fixed support, substantially as set forth.

e. The combination with the tubular eurtain-rod, of au ornamental sheet-metal end having a segmental shank passing into the tubular curtain-rod, there being holes through the tubular rod and through the segmental shank and a fixed support passing through such holes asthe curtain-rod is placed in position, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the tubular curtain-rod slotted at the end, of an ornamental sheet-metal end having portions that pass into the slots, and a segmental shank passing into the interior of the rod, substantially as set 6. The combination with the tubular curtain-rod slottedat the end, of an ornamental sheet-metal end having portions that pass into the slots, and a segmental shank passing into the interior of the rod, there being holes through the tubular rod and vthrou gh the segmental shank, and 'a' pin passing th rough such holes as the curtain-rod is placed in position, substantially as set forth.

Signed by ine this 27th dayof October, 1898.

JULIUS BERBECKER.

W'ituesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, E. E. PoHL. 

